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[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick
QTH: Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 100m longwire
518 ICELAND, TFK Grindavik Radio, heard at 0354 UTC on 14 November 2011,
in SITOR-B with NAVTEX transmissions in English. Fair signals but very
clear as no one else was operating on freq at the time. This is my
first trans-Atlantic NAVTEX reception! I will be interested to see what
the antenna type and power are if they QSL.
4645 USB ESTONIA, Tallinn VOLMET, heard early afternoon here at 1924 UTC
on 13 November 2011, with English aviation weather and ILS approach
information. Just barely peaking above the noise and the horrible
interference from French NATO Station FUG on 4644.8 kHz. The QRM was so
extreme, that the station barely was audible even on peaks. FUG runs
NATO STANAG 4285 modulation which sounds a lot like the old multichannel
FSK transmitters, i.e. a roaring plane engine, however this is pure PSK
and about 3.3 kHz wide. I checked on several European remote receivers
and the QRM is just as bad there, which makes me wonder exactly how
effective this station is in providing its service to its intended targets.
Propagation is definitely getting better, as it seems to me that 4645
would definitely be towards the LOF/LUF for that time of day. The
Estonian station is supposed to be a 24/7 operations, so hopefully
others will be able to hear it at their QTH's as well.
73
Al Muick
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